ENGINEER / SALARY
KENYA

SALARY SURVEYS

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April 2024
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Gross income

Net (after tax)

157.53 KES = 1 USD

2,096,885 KES

$13,311 USD

Nairobi

2,191,719 KES

1,102,712 KES

$7,000 USD

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Average Salary / Engineer / Kenya

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Average salary for Engineer / Kenya is 2,096,885 KES per year. The most typical earning is 1,102,712 KES. All data are based on 8 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 2,268,436 KES. Women receive a salary of n/a.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Some College with salary of 3,938,257 KES. The second most paid education level is Bachelors Degree with salary of 1,827,351 KES.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 8-12 Years of experience receive salary of 3,591,691 KES. Employees with 2-4 Years of experience receive 2,583,497 KES.

Levels / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

Salary Levels (KES) per Year	Surveys	[%]
157,500 KES - 314,899 KES	0	n/a
315,100 KES - 472,399 KES	0	n/a
472,600 KES - 787,499 KES	0	n/a
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
787,700 KES - 1,575,099 KES	3	100% 37.5%
1,575,300 KES - 2,362,799 KES	3	62.5% 37.5%
2,363,000 KES - 3,150,399 KES	0	n/a
3,150,600 KES - 3,938,099 KES	2	25% 25%
3,938,300 KES - 4,725,799 KES	0	n/a
4,725,900 KES - 5,513,399 KES	0	n/a
5,513,600 KES - 6,301,099 KES	0	n/a
6,301,200 KES - 7,088,699 KES	0	n/a
7,088,900 KES - 7,876,399 KES	0	n/a
7,876,500 KES - 8,663,999 KES	0	n/a
8,664,200 KES - 9,451,699 KES	0	n/a
9,451,800 KES - 10,239,299 KES	0	n/a
10,239,500 KES - 11,026,999 KES	0	n/a
11,027,100 KES - 11,814,599 KES	0	n/a
11,814,800 KES - 12,602,299 KES	0	n/a
12,602,400 KES - 13,389,899 KES	0	n/a
13,390,100 KES - 14,177,599 KES	0	n/a
14,177,700 KES - 14,965,199 KES	0	n/a
14,965,400 KES - 15,752,899 KES	0	n/a
15,753,000 KES - 16,540,499 KES	0	n/a
16,540,700 KES - 17,328,199 KES	0	n/a
17,328,300 KES - 18,115,799 KES	0	n/a
18,116,000 KES - 18,903,499 KES	0	n/a
18,903,600 KES - 19,691,099 KES	0	n/a
19,691,300 KES - 20,478,799 KES	0	n/a
20,478,900 KES - 21,266,399 KES	0	n/a
21,266,600 KES - 22,054,099 KES	0	n/a
22,054,200 KES - 22,841,699 KES	0	n/a
22,841,900 KES - 23,629,399 KES	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
23,629,500 KES - 25,204,699 KES	0	n/a
25,204,800 KES - 26,779,999 KES	0	n/a
26,780,200 KES - 28,355,299 KES	0	n/a
28,355,500 KES - 29,930,599 KES	0	n/a
29,930,800 KES - 31,505,899 KES	0	n/a
31,506,100 KES - 33,081,199 KES	0	n/a
33,081,400 KES - 34,656,499 KES	0	n/a
34,656,700 KES - 36,231,799 KES	0	n/a
36,232,000 KES - 37,807,099 KES	0	n/a
37,807,300 KES - 39,382,399 KES	0	n/a
39,382,600 KES - 55,135,599 KES	0	n/a

Gender / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	7	2,268,436 KES

Education / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Some College	1	3,938,257 KES
2	Bachelors Degree	7	1,827,351 KES

Experience / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	8-12 Years	1	3,591,691 KES
2	2-4 Years	3	2,583,497 KES
3	4-8 Years	1	1,717,080 KES
4	0-1 Year	2	1,386,266 KES
5	1-2 Years	1	945,181 KES

Age / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	31-35	2	2,662,262 KES
2	26-30	3	2,378,707 KES
3	21-25	2	1,701,327 KES
4	n/a	1	929,428 KES

Work Type / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	Part Time	1	3,938,257 KES
2	Permanent	6	1,858,857 KES
3	Contract	1	1,717,080 KES

Cities / Engineer / Kenya (Gross KES)

#		Surveys
1	Nairobi	5	2,189,671 KES
2	Nakuru	2	2,000,634 KES
3	--Other--	1	1,827,351 KES

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Field Engineer

Posted 24 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Field Engineer at weather stations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nakuru	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	1,723,900 KES

Maintenance Technician

Posted 03 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"ProductTesting, Product Repair, Refurbishing, Reporting, Advise on product development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	940,500 KES

Civil Engineer

Posted 09 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Construction of roads."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nakuru	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	2,267,200 KES

Assistant Lead Production Engineer

Posted 26 May 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"I specialize in electronic and computer engineering and work with both hardware and software, At my current place of employment I amd directly involved in setting up of assembly lines, networking, provisioning servers and network equipment, debugging and troubleshooting all mechanisms and processes of production, help manage and supervise three assembly lines."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	3,936,200 KES

Senior Engineer

Posted 20 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior engineer highways."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	3,585,500 KES

Energy Engineer

Posted 07 July 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineering in the energy sector with other mechanical engineers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Nairobi	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	1,564,900 KES

ENGINEER / SALARY KENYA

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